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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23

The Troy and Upton vile Railway
Company has been reorganized, and
contract entered into, for the building
cf the road. which is to be completed
from Rives, Tenn, to Troy, by Jan
uary l, 1883. This road is to begin
At Martin, Tenn, the crossing Of the
Illinois Central and Nashville, Chat
tanooga and St. Louis railroads, run.
ming due west to Rives, Tenn, the
crossing of Mobile and Ohio, and
Newport News and Mississippi Valley
railroads, thence by Troy to Upton
vile Gu the Mississippi river.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23

Memphis Sunday Times: If the
state found that a large number Of
men died every year from the use Of
opium, no one would be injured if it
passed a law preventing the sale Of
the poison, So with liquor. 1t is
evident that it imperilS the safety Of
life and property and the welfare Of
the community. Why not prevent
tie manufacture and salei The right
to get drunk and disturb the night
and commit crime is certainly aliena-
hle by Law.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23
THE NASHVILLE BANNER.
The Cheapest and Most Popular News.
paper Published in Nashville.

The Nashville Banner has main
aimed its prestige as one Of the new
siest and most popular journals in the
south and as having larger circuIa-
ton than any daily in Tennessee. 1t
is bold, outspoken, independent pa
per, fair and fearless in its discussions
and thoroughly impartial in presen-
ting the political or other news OF the
day. With new web perfeclilg
press aud complete outfit of new
type, it will he greatly improved in
every department in 1887. The sub
scription price tor the daily is only
$500 per year, So 60 for six months
and S1.50 for three months.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23

Huntingdon Republican: Quite a
sensation has existed q few miles from
town lately on account of the actions
Of one Mr.. Cunningham, who is in.
sane, and carries 4 large knife at
times and threatens IN kill some one.
After the PArOxysm passes of he be.
comes quiet and goes to work. He
will be taken to the asylum If he does
not get better soon.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23
Music in the Airl

Do you want a brand new first class
Organ vt less than you can hay it
from anvbody else : If so, call at this
office Immediately, and we can fill the
hill for you. The Instrument is guar
anteed as represented. This is no
humbug, and We mean just what We
aaV
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23

tn Grand Lodge Of Tpnuessc
knights Of Honor held its regular
session in Nashville this week. Re-
ports show heaIthful condition of
the treasury, and that eighty,one
deaths have occurred. six n'w lodges
las been formed. Grand Reporter
John l.. Dixons show great decrease
10 the death rate. The net increase
in members during the past year wac
139, making total membership of
6,905, the number of lodges being
126 and both membership and lodges
increasing steadily.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23

Will be held ID the 18th district at
Lainvew on Saturday the Both Of
Anil 1897
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23
A TeaChers' Institute
WILL THOMAS

Will be held ID the 11lh district al
Lainview on Saturday the Both o.
April, 1887.
Address of Welcome, Prof. F. l.
Norton Primary Geography, Mis-,
Salie Blakemore. Discussion. Essay,
Miss Fannie Hill. Penmanship, Prof
Jno. ID Vance. Discussion. Object
Teaching, Prof. j. K. McGee, Dis.
cussIOn. Grammar, Profs. F. l.
Norton aud Gooch. Discussion. Rec
itati N, Miss Mira Carter. Arithmetic
Profs, j. B. Reed and E. l.. Boon
Discussion. Language Lessons, Profs
Thomas and Chas. Boon Mission o.
the Teacher, Prof. Walter Fife; Rec
itation, Miss Sallie Carter; United
States History, Misses Ida HasseI and
Salie Garter; School Management
Prof. Kellogg, Of Milan.
Committee Of arrangement: ESQ
Haste, Or. Moore, and Mr.. Beard
Miss Cuba Haste will arrange fOl
music. Let US have the choir We haC
on the night of the 7th inst
am under obligations to the fol-
lowing teachers for the part they took
in exercises at Hickory Grove: Profs
q. K. MCGEE, Thos. Atkins, j. d
Vance, Thomas, and Kenton, anC
Misses Maud Ivie, Sallie Blakemore
Ada Hassell, Josie Howard aud -
Hinsou. JNo. Z. WRIGHT,
Superintendent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23

Lieut.. John w. DanenhOwer, the
arctic explorer, shot and killed him
self at the Naval Academy Wednss.
day. He had mental trouble after
be came hack from the arctic region.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23
The Weekly Banner...75 Cents a Year

Is one Of the hest weeklies pub
lished, and is the cheapest. 1t is a
frst-class eight page newspaper, con.
taiuing all the news Of The week and
much literary matter, children's de-
partment, etc. Only 70 cents a year.
Address BANNER PUBLISHING Co.,
Nashville, Tenn,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23

All kinds of Groceries sold cheap
aud delivered toa ~ part Of the town
nv T. W. ADAMS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23

TO to the Variety Store Ia get fresh
and cheap gOpds. +. W. ADAMS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23

The postoffire at renhrook. Lake
county, has been discontinued.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

Two hours afterward the ladies of Mont
gomerv had made the first Confederate flag.
~ was OF merino, and was run up over the
state house at Montgomery and loudly
cheered The stars and bars were not, how
ever, success as battle flag. Gen. Joe
Johnston tells me that it was too much like
the stars and stripes, and that the two could
not be distinguished from each other in the
fighting. Gen. Beauregard says that after
the battle of Bull Run many persons of
both armies thought that the other
side had put up the enemies flag as
a decoy, and after this Johnston and Beaure-
gard decided to adopt new battle flag.
Johnston at first wanted each regiment to
use it's state colors, but this was found imprac-
ticable and another flag was chosen, and in
this think Gen. Joe Johnston had something
with the invention of the design. The design
as settled upon by him and Beauregard be-
came the battle flag of the Confederacy, and
it was afterward adopted as such by the Con-
federate congress at Richmond.
This flag is known as the southern cross.
It had red field, with two wide blue bars
running diagonally from one corner to the
other, and on these bars were white or gold
stars equal in number to the states of the Con-
federacy. This was really the flag of the
Confederacy. and it has more right to the
name than the stars and bars. A design sim
liar to it was presented to the Montgomery
convention by William Porchei. Miles, and
there is such drs sign in this old scrap book.
The stars and bars, however, got the prefer
ence. They became known the country over
as the Confederate flag, and they will proba-
- 8 ~ FRANK G. CARPENTER.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

In the above do not give the full name,
as the writer may be living, and I also
suppress the name of the noted southern
woman who sent the following letter to
Jefferson Davis in the latter part of Feb
ruary, 1861 The letter is well written, and
as copy it / can appreciate the thrill that
went through the enthusiastic writer when
she wrote the words:
OsyKA, Pike county, Mo-, Feb. 20, 1851.
The Hon. Jefferson Davis, President of the Be-
loved Southern Congress-
Being daughter of the south, take the
liberty in sending you the model of flag which
only hope may be received with warm feelings
The white ground is an emblem of innocence;
the blue ring, lasting love; the center, red,
on which is placed cross, represents a Chris
tian nation; the crescent over the cross is our
southern confederacy, and the green stars repre-
sent the seven states, and all these are placed
in ring they represent one union in the southern
Confederacy never to be broken-the name
have chosen is the united southern banner"
Please excuse the great liberty have taken in
writing to you, but, like Gen. Washington, you
are now looked upon as the father of the south,
and know will excuse all the liberties the south
ern daughters take.
May God bless the southern Confederacy, and
whichever model is taken for banner may his
rich blessings ever rest upon it, is the sincere
wish of MRS
The women of the southern Confederacy
were as strong in the support of the govern
ment as the men. They contributed to it by
every form Of self sacrifice, and the tales of
their heroism would make fortune for a
skillful novelist
From these designs and hundreds of others
the committee finally made report for a
flag. This report was read on the 5th of
March, 1861, and after long preamble it
stated that the flag Of the Confederate States
of America should consist of red field with
a white space running horizontal to the cen
ter equal to one-t third the width of the flag.
The union was to be blue and was to extend
through the upper red stripe and white stripe,
and in this nnion there was to be a circle Of
white stars, in number as many as lie st...es
in the Confederacy. When the report was
read four designs of this flag, made of cotton
cambria and of full size, were hung upon the
walls of the convention at Montgomery. The
convention adopted them, and thus the astars
and bars" were born.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

Nearly all of these designs are accompanied
bv letters Some are addressed to President
jefferson Davis, some to Alexander II. Ste
phens, some to Robert ToombS and great
ma to WiHiam Porcher Miles who was the
....r.l man of the committee on flags. All Of
the letters are full of feeling and all glow
with loyalty to the new government
Some are written by ladies. and not few of
the designs are furnished by them. The Ia
dies letters are the most earnest and enthusi-
astic. One Georgia woman says she designed
the nag which she sends herself and that she
hopes the Confederacy twill secede peace
ably, but whether peacably or not, it will
secede" A South Carolina mother pathet-
ically says, dating her letter Feb 10, 1861,
that she has given three dear boys to. her
ronntry, and hopes the young republic will
honor the memory of Washington by dating
its organization from the 22d of February
and calling it the Washington republic. She
writes just as she hears the news that Mr..
Davis has been elected president, and she
closes her letter by saying that the southern
Confederacy has the sympathies of every
southern woman-wife, mother and maid
and that she glories in being woman of the
south.
Other letters propose that the new govern
ment be called Alleghenla ana Che great ma
jority of designs are modelled after the flag of
the union. There was very strong desire
among the southern people to keep as much
a. possible of the old flag, and this desire is
seen in most of the letters. One letter, which
is dated Washington, Feb. 20, 1861, beseeches
the committee by all that is sacred to stick to
the stars and stripes 1t says: "You have
fought well under our glorious banner!
i ..y.A1.
Alter it, improve it as you will, but for
heavens sake keep the stars and stripes"
Another letter hegs that the stars and stripes
will not he given up to the north. and after
saying that "the songs of a nation and its
flags have prodigious moral influence" it
goes on: keep the stars! Keep the stripes!
Keep the azure field and then add red cross
--thr southern cross-cutting the stripes at
right angles" s.t 5.l55 II. E:G .g.ss.s
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

This southern cross is found in many Of the
designs, and it ranks with the palmetto tree
and the lone star as prominent figure.
Some of the ladies' designs are very curious,
and some are made of different colors OF silk
and satin neatly stitched together and with
little stars sewed upon them. In some
cases the designers had not the paints to work
with, and they have made their designs of
different pieces of colored paper cut into
shape and pasted together Here the red,
white and blue predominates, and the stripes
and stars in nearly every case permit the adj
dition of new emblems for the new states as
they came in. One of the ladies' flags Is
eighteen inches long, and it consists of three
series of two stripes of red, white and red
above and below broad stripe of blue. upon
which are sewed seven white stars. These
seven stars represented the seven states whlct
had already seeded.
##*
Some of the designs are very grotesque, and
coming as they do from all classes OF people,
it is not strange that in some the sublime
should tramp very closely upon the heels OF
the ridiculous I give you here picture in
black and white of design Al, which
was sent to jefferson Davis from Coffeeville,
Ala. but I cannot paint the wrath with
which the colors seem TO swear at each othef.
The design is large enough to cover good
sized library table. 1t is made of heavy
drawing paper and is done in crayon. One
part of the ground is blue and the other part
a dirty yellow On the broad blue part,
which is supposed to be attached to the pole,
a big black eye is painted, and around tins,
i'm the shape of q crescent, which faces the
front of the flag, are seven white stars. From
the eye eight white stripes go outward, run
ming from the blue into the yellow and there
losing themselves. The letter which was
sent with this design is well written. It is
dated Feb. %, 1861, and it is addressed to
4C4en. Jefferson Davis" The first paragraph
prays for the prosperity of the Confederacy
and the remainder of the letter Is taken up
with the description of the flag. 1t reads:
ssBeing true southerner, have taken the
liberty to send 70 your care immature hae,
she emblem OF which | would like 70 s .
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09
MEXICAN 1,urros and shetland Ponies.

Tho diminutive pony or the small donkey .
now the only animal for a truly fashionable
woman to drive. Dog carts, as small i'm
dimensions as the steeds, are the correct
vehicle for the gentler sex to use on the boule-
ward. Shetland ponies, ON account of their
docility and tiny size, are the horsefesh most
in demand. Donkeys have q great call in tho
east They are adorned with ribbons, and q
really swell donkey wears huge bunch OF
posies. artificial or natural, behind his ears.
AS winter approaches the posies viii be cx-
changed for rosettes OF ribbon.
When the Shetland pony is first brought
from its native heath it is q strange looking
shaggy little animal indeed. It is rough and
untutored, having passed its days on the bar
rem hills of its small island home. It has
never been fed nor housed nor groomed. IL
is as gentle as q sheep, and can be broken to
harness in two or three days.
Donkeys are hard to obtain. Dealers send
hundreds OF miles for desirable one OF which
they hear. A drove of Mexican burros we're
brought into the city not long ago. They are
o little higher and more slender than the
Shetland ponies, with ears so large that they
seem like sails.-Janet Dale in Chicago News.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

adopted by our provisional congress as the
ensign Of our government. The emblems as
seen on the flag were taken from the last
scene of the aurora borealis of the 18th of
September, 1859 lat mighty
''Ihe eye is a design of my own, and may
represent, first, the president watching over
the nation for the good of the people, and,
secondly, the all seeing eye of God, by whose
guardian care all nations have their exist
ence. You can have the flag bordered with
whatever color suits your fancy. Very re-
spectfully your servant, L NJ
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09
John A. Logan at College.

/ have many times heard the statement
made that the early education of the hero and
IDEAL volunteer soldier. Gen. John A. Logan,
was somewhat neglected. The sudden termi-
nation OF his college course happened in this
wise: At McKendrick college, Lebanon, Ills,
whittier the ambitious Logan had gone to fit
himself for future usefulness, a recent de-
cision by the faculty had been made admit
ting both sexes to the institution. John and
his chtm conceived q happy thought, and
planned to outgeiieral the professors. One
dark night they found q little old blind maie
and placed her in one Of the professors
rooms and placarded her: The first animal
admitted to this college. ~ Pioneer Press.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

/. Any one who takes paper regularly from Il
Postoffce-whether directed to his or anotherI
whether he has subscribed or not-is responsible.
for the payment.
3 Ii person orders his paper discontinued, b.
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher will cone
tinue send it until payment is made and collect the
whole amount, whether the paper lie taken from the
office or not.
8. The ecourss have decided that lefusing to take
the newspapers or periodicals from the Postofice,
removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prim0
fGcie evidence OF intentionalffaud,
Papers ordered to any address can be changed tc
tered letter. may he sent at risk. All Postmasters
are required to register letters on application.
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m-S@@SS--d HE most curious
D::;;;:: :: s; :: !; : !: !: 3 !: !:
- signs for the Con-
E=====z===-azz== 81 IT federate flag. These
- designs were sent
to the committee
on flags when the provisional congress
first met at Montgomery, and they
came from every state of the south
Only few of them are preserved here, and
Col. Boteler, who was member of the Con-
federate flag committee, tells me that the
number of designs received ran high into the
thousands, and that they filed a box as big as
a piano top. These were captured at Rich
mond with the other Confederate archives.
and specimens of them have been selected and
pasted in this old scrap book The book was
originally volume of Confederate treasury
blanks, and you may see the promises to
pay" here and there peeping out from under
the many colored flags which ornament its
i'aves 1t is ragged volume, eighteen inches
long, twelve inches wide and as thick as
mans fist. Its paper is faded and its covers
are worn; the corners are dog cared and it
bears the evidences Of its twenty five years Of
handling.
One hundred and twenty nine designs for
Confederate flag are pasted within it, and
these are of all sizes, shapes and colors. Some
are no larger than a visiting card, others are
the size of this newspaper and several are of
the full size of the ordinary regimental flag.
These last are made of cloth, and the co'oring
upon them is of the brightest paint. The de-
sign which here give you with arattlesnake
upon it is as large as the sheet of baby's
crib, and it looks as though it might have
been made of some such material Its thir-
teen stripes are of red and white, and
upon them are seven red stars and
a crimson crescent moon. This rattle
snake has skin made up of black
and yellow diamond spots, and there was
a motto: Don't tread OH met is certain
death" This design was sent to the Hon.
Robert Toombs, and i'll the letter accompany
ing it the writer says: "The white stripes
represent the seven states of the south and
the red ones show that if they are oppressed
they will fight for blood. The rattlesnake
represents the Confederacy. If you come
near him he will sing out with his rattle. If
you do not leave, and dare to tread upon him,
it is certain death"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09
THE TEMPLE OF THE SOUL
SOMETHING ABOUT ITS OUTWARD
ADORNMENT.
Naomi Trent Tells How Ladies Clothe
Themselves Stylishly-A Word or Two
About Gentlemen's Fashions-Things
Especial Correspondence

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.
My dressmaker sent me word the other day
that she had just completed dinner dress-a
bridal dinner dress-which cost $3.50.
Wouldn't come and see it? 1 went And
here it is in word painting and the best styE,
of newspaper engraving. 1t was made ot
cream white satin, silver brocade--literally
veritable cloth of silver. heavy with threads
of pure silver in its brocaded leaves-silver
tipped ostrich feather trimming and cream
white Sicilian silk
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09
paTEs OF ADVERTISING.

Regular advertising payable quarterly, as due.
transient advertising payable in advance.
special Notices are so per cent. more than reg
ular advertisements.
Local advertising 10 cents for the first insertion;
~ cents per line for each succeeding insertion;
lines counted in Nonparicl measure.
Job Work payable on delivery.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

A San Francisco business lrm have q female
drummer in the field She is having great
success in the interior towns.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

closed. Hereafter Texas cattle win DO cold
ON the ranges and shipped north by rail.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09
TERMS S-iNYARlABLY IN ADVANCE

One Year. ......................$4 90
Six months w 5
THEE Mcnths. 60
When not paid in advance the rate will be Five
Dollars per year.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09
He Droye Nanolean,s sledee.
Especial Correspondence
NoPoLIE

Some Of the Paris papers announce the
death, in little Bavarian village, of Rus
sian peasant who drove the sledge in which
the first Napoleon Travelled from Moscow to
the German frontier after the disastrous
burning OF Moscow. The peasant was 98
years old, and had treasured up as souvenir
OF the memorable event In which he had
played so useful part several pieces of
money which had been gsyea to him by the
emperor In return for his services. New
York Sum-
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

.., me hest thing to polish eyeglasses and
spec1acies with is bit of newspaper. Moisten
the glasses and rub dry.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09
THE FLAG OF THE SOUTH.
ITS HISTORY AS GATHERED FROM
THE CONFEDERATE ARCHIVES.
n Wonderful Scrap Book Unearthed.
Some Relics of the Days of 1SG1-The
Stars and Bars and the Confederate
Battle Flag.

Especial Correspondence.l
". WASHINGTON.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

HE most curious
relic among the ar
chives of the Con-
federacy is the
scrap book OF de-
signs for the Con-
federate flag. These
designs were sent
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